.Judge Tosses Civil Rights Case Against OPD

A federal judge today threw out a lawsuit filed against the Oakland Police Department by former nightclub owner Geoffrey Pete, saying there was insufficient evidence to prove that OPD violated his civil rights. Pete had claimed that OPD deprived him of his due process and equal protection rights under the US constitution, alleging that the department drove him out business after he refused to pay costly overtime for police officers patrolling outside his club.